The mood in here

It’s hard to arrange stuff to be honest!

I find it hard to arrange the whole beat inside mpc software or inside mpc live in standalone mode.. transitions are too stricted to sequence.. It would help a lot if there were more arrangement options in mpc.. “Song” menu could be better!
I know you will say I can merge all my sequences into one sequence and make better transitions there, but really, it’s very uncomfortable to work with one huge sequence..
Nothing personal, mpc live is still the best device I ever had in my life)

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Alright, Nick. I like that article. Mostly for one reason, the MPC workflow diagram. Is there any way we could get that diagram incorporated (as an additional view) into the MPCX/Live? I.e. In a given project wouldn't it be nice to bring that up and to be able to zoom in/out and perhaps even tap an object and jump to that screen.

Not only would this be an intuitive tool, but if it is used to teach someone how to use the workflow, why not make it a tool then? It obviously can be represented on a device like MPCX/Live and with a touch screen... well, let's just say that it would be a major boost for MPC noobs (like myself). I would venture to guess that even seasoned MPC users would like it too.

Can you please explain #2 better? What is auto punch? Any good videos on YouTube about that?
#3 is almost the way I’m doing it now, since I understood I can write track mute automation. I create several sequences, then I arrange them in song mode, then I convert them to a new sequence and only then I begin writing track mute automation.

Auto punch allows you to dive into any sequence measure without effecting the rest of your performance. It can be used for a ton of things but I use it to make change ups in a sequence.

Example:

1. Create a 8 bar loop on track 1. Create a copy of that on track two.
2. Then work on a change up. Figure out how you can change the 8 bar loop to make it more interesting.
Go to track two and erase the bars that you want to change.
3. Once you have decided on how you will do it here's where the magic happens.
4. Double tap the Bar, Beat, and Tick icon on the top of the main screen.
5. Inside this menu use your dial to change the punch in and punch out points to the same area or bars that you earased.
6. Now press over dub and play and play back your change up.
7. Now you have easily created another transition or change up.

Awww, I see, I know that feature, but I never used it a lot to be honest, it allows you to record only certain(selected) part of your track, it won’t record anywhere else.
I’ll try using it more often, just need to get used to this process)

Yes, that's what it's for but creative people use it for tons of different uses. I have many ways to use all the different features of this machine. Always think outside the box. Create your own uses for everything. Explore and your music will become greater.

Just play your arrangement live and record it in a computer through a firewire mixer or just an audio card.
You can take advantage of the six outputs for that, so you can record your live arrangement in real time to 3 stereo tracks on a multitrack and then make the mixing on the multitrack.
Old school way.

I’m actually taking advantage of 30 outputs))) sometimes I’m using my mpc as a vst instrument in Logic Pro or Ableton, it allows you to record each sound on its own track. You just need to assign channels for your sounds(pads, programs, audio tracks) inside your mpc.
But the point is I want to get rid of all DAW except MPC. There’s no need to split everything, it’s already done there.

On this topic, am I alone in thinking that some kind of "sub-sequence" or pattern per Track would be a major improvement? These would essentially be automatically created when events are added to a Track, allowing us to easily add already-created content in other Sequences without going the copy events route.